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baie
bath / bathroom /ˈba.je/
noun#514 most common
Also: bathroom (the room), swim (colloquial, in sea or river)
Example sentences
Baia e curată.
The bathroom is clean.
Fac o baie seara.
I take a bath in the evening.
Unde este baia în casa asta?
Where is the bathroom in this house?
Copiii fac baie în piscină.
The children are bathing in the pool.
Am curățat oglinda din baie ieri.
I cleaned the mirror in the bathroom yesterday.
Turiștii vizitează băile termale din Herculane în fiecare vară.
Tourists visit the thermal baths in Herculane every summer.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | baie | băi |
| Genitive | băii | băilor |
| Accusative | baie | băi |
| Vocative | baie | băi |
Word family
băiuțălittle bath, small bathroom (diminutive)
a (se) îmbăiato bathe (oneself)
îmbăierebathing, the act of bathing
balnearbalneal, relating to baths or spas
Etymology
Baie descends from Latin balneum, meaning bath, through the Vulgar Latin form baneum. Romanian inherited it directly, alongside the other Romance languages, and later extended its sense from the act of bathing to the room where one bathes. Latin balneum itself was likely borrowed from Greek balaneion, whose deeper origin is uncertain, so no secure Proto-Indo-European root can be given.
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